Crimson Veil - Trigger Warning Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Daddy was a soldier in these concrete streets
Blood-stained hands, secrets underneath
Found his mugshots in mama's drawer one night
Twenty years of lies came into the light
Now I'm staring at his eyes, they look just like mine
Same jawline, same crime scene state of mind

[Chorus]
Blood don't make you family
Sins passed down like a legacy
I'm breaking these chains that bind
Leave your demons far behind
Your shadow's getting smaller now
I'm growing taller now

[Verse 2]
Council flat dreams turned into nightmares
Gang signs and prison time was your warfare
You thought violence made you more of a man
Now I'm cleaning up the mess with these shaking hands
Every mirror shows your ghost inside my face
But I'm rewriting stories that you can't erase

[Bridge]
They say the apple don't fall far from the tree
But I'm planting my own seeds
Yeah, I'm planting my own seeds

[Verse 3]
Your reputation still echoes in these streets
Old heads whisper when they looking at me
"That's his boy" they say, but they don't know shit
I'm my own man now, I ain't inheriting
Your twisted legacy, your broken crown
I'm building something new from the ground down

[Chorus]
Blood don't make you family
Sins passed down like a legacy
I'm breaking these chains that bind
Leave your demons far behind
Your shadow's getting smaller now
I'm growing taller now

[Outro]
I forgive you, but I won't forget
These scars are mine to keep
Your stories end where mine begin
And that's the price of being free